Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court today rejected Centre's plea for deferring the hearing on former Chief Minister Harish Rawat's petition challenging the imposition of President's rule in the state.

New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who has accused the PM Modi dispensation of trying to 'destabilise and topple' his government by using central agencies, yesterday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the backdrop of President's Rule being imposed in party-ruled Uttarakhand.

'India has produced 264.77 million tonnes of food-grain this year as compared to 257.13 million tonnes in the previous year'.
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Mild earthquake shakes parts of Uttarakhand

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A mild earthquake shook parts of Uttarakhand early on Wednesday. A slight intensity quake measuring 3.2 on the Richter Scale hit areas located along Uttarakhand-Nepal border in Pithoragarh district
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Government to frame housing and urban development policy

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Uttarakhand government will frame a Housing and Urban Development policy paving the way for creation of a separate authority to speed up clearance of maps and facilitate construction
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Snow, rain bring back cold in Uttarakhand

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Cold conditions returned to Uttarakhand on Saturday, with showers in the plains and heavy snowfall in the higher reaches.
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Slain tigress found in Corbett’s range

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An 8-member team of forest guards led by wildlife warden Satish Upadhyay recovered a mutilated carcass of a 6-year-old tigress early on Friday.
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Fresh snowfall triggers cold wave in Uttarakhand

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Fresh snowfall in the higher regions accompanied by heavy rain has triggered a cold wave in Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand ministerial employees call off their stir

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About 30,000 ministerial employees in Uttarakhand, who were on strike for the past twenty days demanding pay revision, called off their stir on Wednesday after the state government conceded their demand.
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Cold wave claims 7 lives as temperature dips further

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Seven persons died in Uttarakhand due to cold wave even as temperature soared marginally in most parts of the hill state giving respite to people.
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Haldwani: Ban on use of mobile phone in college

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MB PG College management’s decision to put a ban on the use of mobile phone in its premises received mix responses from the teachers and students.
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Government to implement sixth pay commission

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In a bid to give boost to technical education in the State, Uttarakhand Government has announced implementation of sixth pay commission recommendation as per University Grants Commission (UGC) for vice-chancellor (VC) of the technical universities
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UKD protests against supply of contaminated water

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Irked over the supply of contaminated water to majority of the areas in Dehradun, activists of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal staged a protest on Thursday.
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Districts face severe scarcity of potable water

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With the advent of summer in the State, 13 districts are facing water scarcity. Hilly terrains of the State are worst affected as majority of work for laying pipelines has not been completed yet.
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Uttarakhand Board exams end, 21 expelled

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Uttarakhand Board examinations of Classes 10th and 12th ended peacefully under tight security. 21 examinees were expelled by the administrative officer because they were caught copying.
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